The day before an important meeting, I swallow my words again.
When an important meeting is coming up with a colleague who talks over me, I find myself cutting back on what I plan to say the night before.
Scenes
- I meant to say it tomorrow. — The night before an important meeting, I write down what I want to say to the colleague who talks over me, then erase it.
- I’m interrupted before I can finish. — When I share an opinion in a meeting, a colleague talks over me, and the discussion moves on to their topic.
- Separate their behavior from what you want to say. — When someone cuts in, that’s their behavior. Getting your main point into a few words is something you can prepare.
- Write your main point in one line. — Tonight, try writing tomorrow’s main point in one sentence. Keeping it short makes it easier to come back to if you’re interrupted.
- A sentence to return to if you’re interrupted — Some days, the sentence you prepared doesn’t come out right away. When that happens, you can look at what you wrote and pick up from there.
Stories by Baekho
- Baekho
- It’s true, but on my way home, I keep rephrasing it.
- Even grocery shopping makes everything I need to do today feel urgent.
- Every Sunday night, I rewrite what I’m looking for.
- I open the handover file before bed.
- At a red light, I think of what I’m good at in my work.
- It feels like I’m giving up my career.
- When a request comes up in the group chat, I reply first.
- Every morning, it feels like I have to leave my career behind.